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T says South Station problems not their fault, riders go 'Oy, gevalt!'

The T and Keolis say Amtrak's signal system failed on the Northeast Corridor this morning, and since Amtrak and the T's commuter trains share some of the same tracks and stations, that led to massive delays and exhortations to riders that they just get off at Back Bay or JFK and ride the subway into town - with assurances their commuter-rail passes would get them onto the Orange and Red Lines.

A Keolis spokesman explains:

A little before 6 this morning, there was an systemwide Amtrak power failure, impacting inbound and outbound commuter rail service at South Station. Power was restored about an hour later. In the interim, because trains could not get into or out of South Station, passengers were switched to subway stops along their respective lines to keep their commutes going rather than wait for the issue to be resolved. Still, we have residual delays and train cancellations along some lines. 30-45 minute delays on average.

to take over the Green Line as well? Because they'd likey recognize that the way to deal with "switch problems" at North Station (which have happened at least twice this week) is to lock the switches in the normal position and run the C's to Lechmere, instead of forcing C passengers to board already overcrowded E trains and transfer at Park Street.

It was....it's the same I've been seeing for the past 4ish years while commuting on the Old Colony Line...they'd drop us at whatever Red Line Station was closest. What used to irk me was when it wasn't communicated to the Red Line personnel...I use a 10 Ride, so now I carry a charlie card with extra money on it just in case. I've just never seen anything to this extent...